Author: Glenn - The Census Expert

It seems like only yesterday the 2016 Census was happening, and indeed the final topics from the Census are still being released. But the ABS has just announced that consultation for the next Census...

As we delve into the new SEIFA data released this week by the ABS, Glenn explains how the different socio-economic variables and indicators are weighted to give us a picture of advantage or disadvantage in...

The topic of Homelessness is one of the most frequently raised during our briefings to councils and communities across the country. On March 14th, the ABS released ‘Estimating Homelessness‘. This eagerly anticipated publication comes...

In Australia, at the 2016 Census, there were 959,000 single-parent families with children recorded. A total of 10.4% of all households had a single parent family as the only, or primary family in the...

Highlights from the latest population figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics Victoria continues to be the fastest growing state in Australia Net overseas migration at the highest levels since 2009 Interstate migration...

In my previous article, I looked at the amazing result from the 2016 Census, that showed housing loan repayments across the country, and particularly for first home buyers, have not increased over time. In...

The population pyramid, or age-sex pyramid, is a frequently used tool in demographics. It shows the distribution of the population across age groups and between males and females, and is a well known and...

It seems you can’t open a newspaper (does anyone do that anymore?), look at a website, or watch the TV news without seeing some story about housing affordability. Evil negative gearing investors are driving...

On July 28th, a month after the Census release, the ABS released updated population estimates for all Local Government Areas and smaller geographic units in Australia. Skip ahead to the fastest growing local government...

There has been a lot of talk about housing affordability in recent years, particularly housing affordability for young people. There is no doubt that housing is extremely expensive to own or rent in our...

The religion answers on the Census always give an interesting insight into Australian society, and the 2016 Census is no exception. We’ve heard about ‘no religion’ being on the rise but there are some interesting...

In September last year, as the Census collection was wrapping up, I made 12 predictions about what the results would say. In part, these were simply my dabbling in psychic prophecies and prognostications. However,...

Stop the clock! Just ten days after the 2016 Census data landed in our building, we’ve released the first update to your community profile tool! If your council is a subscriber, you can see a brand new population...

You may have noticed that as part of the 2016 Census data release, the ABS releases updated Estimated Resident Population (ERP) figures for Australia and the states. When we look at these new state-based...

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